NG2-glia and their functions in the central nervous system

GLIA

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1429-1451

  Dimou, L ^a,b   Gallo, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Heterogeneity; Lineage potential; Oligodendrocyte progenitors; Physiology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEMYELINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOSIS RATE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROCYTE PRECURSOR CELL; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INJURIES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 84930872206     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.22859     Document Type: Review

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